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  • 2 AFSOC officers dominate pistol competition

    Nearly 200 Airmen from local bases recently participated in a shooting competition here.Each competitor fired 30 rounds using an M-9 government-issued pistol with the hopes of being in the top 10 percent and earning an Excellence in Competition Pistol Badge. The badge is worn on the Air Force dress

  • Advanced target technology forges lethal force

    Air Commandos of the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight participated in live fire training utilizing state-of-the-art Robotic Human Type Targets, Nov. 8 at Melrose Air Force Range. According to a capability brief, RHTT targets are autonomous and smart

  • Special Operations surgical team saves hundreds during deployment

    If they stood on the roof of the abandoned one-story home they were working out of, at night they could see bombs dropping on the city three kilometers north. Limited resources, limited manpower, limited backup, and limited time didn’t stop this Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team from

  • New program to help ISR aircrews cope with fear-based PTSD

    Finding targets by watching and listening is, by nature, intensely personal and can have a long-lasting effect, to include post-traumatic stress disorder, on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Airmen involved. The 361st ISR Group is developing a ‘Re-Fit’ program which will assist Airmen

  • 320th STS performs jump training

    Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, parachuted from a C-17 Globemaster III during a long-range training jump Nov. 22, 2016, into the Pacific Ocean off the western coast Okinawa, Japan.

  • Heithold receives AFSOC Order of the Sword

    Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, former commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, became the 10th person to receive AFSOC’s Order of the Sword in an official ceremony here, Nov. 18.

  • 8 Air Commandos make next cut for enlisted RPA pilot selection

    As part of a deliberate approach to enhance the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission, Air Force officials chose eight Air Commandos for phase two of the Enlisted Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot selection process. One of them, Staff Sgt. Dallas Malone, 352nd Special Operations

  • SecDef visits Hurlburt

    Secretary of Defense Ash Carter embedded with Special Operations Forces (SOF) here Nov. 17.During his visit, he met with Air Commandos, participated in a Close Air Support (CAS) demonstration, and observed a personnel recovery exercise.“[Most] of the population doesn’t always understand what we are

  • Combat controller continues Special Tactics legacy of valor

    Their mission was to return power to the people of Kabul. But what started as a peaceful venture ended in a 14-hour firefight, with one Airman using airpower to turn the tide of the battle. Staff Sgt. Keaton Thiem, a combat controller with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron, ventured out into enemy